Prairie du Chien, WI 53821 is part of Crawford County and is a small Wisconsin town with a population of approximately 5,000 people. Local politics are centered around managing issues concerning local taxation, public safety, and education. The city council is responsible for making decisions on these matters, which affect the everyday lives of residents in Prairie du Chien. The current mayor is Sherry M. Wedig who was elected in 2019 during the local elections. Other members of the city council include: Shelly Harbeck, Joe McDermott, Mike Rechtin, John Voss Jr., Marc Berthiaume and Kim Duchow. Residents can reach out to their representatives with questions or concerns about local issues directly or attend meetings held by the city council which are open to the public.
The political climate in Zip 53821 (Prairie du Chien, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Crawford County, WI is leaning conservative. In Crawford County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Crawford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53821 (Prairie du Chien, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Crawford County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
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Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin: D D D D r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 53821 (Prairie du Chien)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $27,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $52,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)